Electoral Act 1992

The amount of policy development payment for a 6-month period, for an eligible registered political party or independent member, is the amount worked out using the following formula—where—A means the amount prescribed under a regulation for this definition.B, for a 6-month period, means the combined vote and seat ratio for the registered political party or independent member worked out under subsection (2) for the period.C, for a 6-month period, means the sum of the combined vote and seat ratios for each eligible registered political party and independent member worked out under subsection (2) for the period.

The combined vote and seat ratio for an eligible registered political party or independent member, for a 6-month period, is the sum of—

the vote ratio for the party or independent member for the period under section 242; and

the seat ratio for the party or independent member for the period under section 243.